Principal - Platform Engineer

The Role

Nasdaq is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to  develop,operate, and evolve the infrastructure and engineering platforms that support critical trading systems. In this role, you will partner with Developers, Application Management, Information Security, and infrastructure engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, reliable, and high-performing platform solutions. You will be encouraged to lead technical direction,establish standards,drive automation, and serve as a senior escalation point for difficult systems, network, and application performance issues.

You'll thrive in this role ifyou'repassionate about building and enhancing engineering platforms, enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, and have deepexpertisein Linux-based environments, cloud technologies, automation, and platform engineering.

You'recomfortable tackling sophisticated operational problems in high-performance, low-latency environments while driving continuous improvement across critical engineering platforms.

• Lead the engineering, automation, and operational management of core platform technologies, including
  Git Lab, Teleport, Linux-based infrastructure, Kubernetes, and cloud services
  supporting critical trading systems.

• Design, build, andmaintainsecure, scalable hybrid infrastructure across
  AWS and on-premises environments
  using Infrastructure as Code and automation practices.

• Develop and enhance platform automation using
  Terraform, shell scripting, and related tooling
  to improve reliability, consistency, and operational efficiency.

• Manage platform lifecycle activities including provisioning, configuration management, operating system maintenance, access controls, and platform upgrades.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, platform, and performance issues across Linux systems, networking, cloud services, Kubernetes, and distributed environments.

• Partner with Development, Application Management, Infrastructure, and Information Security teams to improve platform reliability, secure access, deployment workflows, and operational readiness.

• Drive platform engineering standards, documentation, incident response practices, and continuous improvement initiatives while mentoring other engineers.

• 10+ years of experience
  in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Dev Ops, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), orrelated fields.

• Advanced Linux engineering and troubleshooting experience, including operating systems, networking, performance analysis, and infrastructure management.

• Hands-on experience supporting
  AWS and hybrid infrastructure environments
  , including services such as EC2, S3, and Lambda.

• Strong experience with
  Kubernetes
  , containerized platforms, and modern infrastructure operations.

• Experience developing automation using
  Shell scripting
  and Infrastructure as Code tools such as
  Terraform
  .

• Hands-on experience with
  Git-based source control platforms
  and CI/CD workflows, including the ability to manage repositories, platform administration, and developer enablement.

• Experience operating enterprise infrastructure and platform services, including access management, configuration management, monitoring, and system reliability.

• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose issues across infrastructure, networking, platform services, and distributed applications.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across engineering, security, and application teams.

• Experience administering or supporting
  Git Lab, Teleport
  ,Sonatype Nexus, or similar developer and secure-access platforms.

• Experience with financial services, trading platforms, or other highly available and performance-sensitive environments.

• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, and incident management practices.

• Experience leading major incident response efforts, conducting post-incident reviews, and driving reliability improvements.

• Track recordof mentoring engineers and influencing technical standards and platform strategy.

Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and identities.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives, experiences, and identities are valued and celebrated.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation throughout the hiring process.

This position willbe located in
New York or Philadelphia and offers the opportunity for a hybrid work environment at least 3 days a week in-office
, subject to change, providing flexibility and accessibility for qualified candidates.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future;
Nasdaq will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)

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